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Webster 1913 Edition


Hysterics

Hys-ter′ics

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Noun.
pl.
(Med.)
Hysteria.

Webster 1828 Edition


Hysterics

HYSTER'ICS

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Noun.
A disease of women, proceeding from the womb, and characterized by fits or spasmodic affections of the nervous system.
A spasmodic disease of the primae viae, attended with the sensation of a ball rolling about the abdomen, stomach and throat.

Definition 2024


hysterics

hysterics

English

Noun

hysterics

  1. plural of hysteric
  2. (uncountable) Hysteria.
    Her hysterics are uncontrollable.

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